Woven matting



May 15, 1956 G, L. R. LONGTIN 2,745,444

WOVEN MATTING Filed July 26, 1952 United States Patent C wovEN MammeGeorge Lionel Rodoiphe Longtin, St. Hohns, Quebec, Canada, assigner toKraft Paper Products Limited, St. Johns, Quebec, Canada Application Jniy26, 1952, Serial No. 301,027

Claims. (Cl. 139-420) This invention relates to improvements in wovenbrous matting and to the method of producing same.

One object of this invention is to produce a matting composed of warpand weft members which are so constructed and interwoven as to afford arelatively tightly woven matting which is characterized by substantialthickness and cushioning effect and is more impervious to the passage ofwater and dirt therethrough as compared with similar mattings of thesame type.

Another object of the invention is to provide a matting of the typedescribed which is composed entirely of twisted paper strands and may beproduced and sold at a relatively low cost.

Another object is to provide a matting of the character described whichis made by rst interlacing the twisted paper strands in a braidedfashion to provide tubular warp and weft members which are then attenedand interlaced with each other to provide a closely Woven matting whichis of four-ply construction at each intersection of the warp and weft,with each ply alording a relatively wide band of the interlaced twistedpaper strands.

The above and other objects and characteristic features of my inventionwill be understood more readily from the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of a corner section of a matting embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a braided tubular member in detail.

Fig. 4 is a View of a tube in flattened condition.

Fig. 5 is a View showing the manner in which the paper may be formedinto twisted strands.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 generally designates arug or mat which consists of interwoven warp and weft members 6 and 7 ofhollow tubular construction. Each tubular member is composed of twistedstrands of iibrous material, such as kraft paper strands 8, which areinterwoven or braided together as indicated in Fig. 3. The formed tubeis then flattened by any suitable pressing means, for example, bypassing the tube through a pair of press rolls.

"rise The strands 8 may be either uniformly or contrastingly coloured.When the strands are contrastingly coloured they may be interlaced toprovide tubular warp and weft members 6 and 7 of Various colourcombinations and characteristics. The strands are preferably coloured bythe use of fast-colour dyes.

When the matting has been completed as to size, lines or" stitching 9are passed through the terminal portions of the Warp members and theouter interwoven weft member on two opposing sides and the terminalportions of the weft members and the outer interwoven warp member on thetwo remaining opposing sides to provide a marginal binding about theborder of the matting. With a woven matting of the character abovedescribed, a padded flexible cushioning effect is obtained. Moreover,due to the thickness of each` warp and weft member and to the closeinterweaving of same, penetration of dirt and other particles is greatlyreduced, thereby substantially reducing the dirt deposits on a flooringnormally encountered beneath a loosely woven brous matting.

Having now described what I believe to be the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that changes and modications may beresorted to without departing from the scope and spirit of thisinvention as dened in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A matting consisting solely of interwoven substantially attenedhollow tubular warp and weft members, each composed of interlacedstrands of brous material.

2. A matting consisting solely of interwoven substantially flattenedhollow tubular warp and weft members, each composed of interlacedtwisted strands of brous material. l

3. A matting consisting solely of interwoven substantially attenedhollow tubular warp and weft members, each composed of interlacedstrands of paper.

4. A matting consisting solely of interwoven substantially attenedhollow tubular warp and weft members, each composed of interlacedtwisted strands of paper.

5. A matting consisting solely of interwoven warp and weft members, eachconsisting of a attened tube of interlaced strands of brous material.

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